The Return of Captain John Emmett, Elizabeth Speller
The Return of Captain John Emmett, Elizabeth Speller
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The Return of Captain John Emmett
A Laurence Bartram Mystery

Author: Elizabeth Speller

Narrator: Matthew Brenher

Unabridged: 13 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/29/2012


Synopsis

In the aftermath of the Great War and a devastating family tragedy, Laurence Bartram has turned his back on the world. But with a well-timed letter, an old flame manages to draw him back in. Mary Emmett's brother John-like Laurence, an officer during the war-has apparently killed himself while in the care of a remote veterans' hospital, and Mary needs to why. What connects a group of war poets, a feud within Emmett's regiment and a hidden love affair? Was Emmett's death really a suicide or the missing piece in a series of murders? As veterans tied to Emmett continue to turn up dead, and Laurence is forced to face the darkest corners of his own war experiences, his survival may depend on uncovering the truth.

About Elizabeth Speller

Elizabeth Speller studied the classics at Cambridge University. She is the author of The First of July, The Return of Captain John Emmett, and The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton. She lives in England.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sue

This book feels so much of the time about which it is written, the years immediately after World War I, in an England trying to deal with the terrible loss of so many young men as well as the wounding and continuing suffering of so many others. The story involves the circumstances surrounding the de......more

Goodreads review by Liviu

Excellent historical fiction with a mystery tinge; taking place several years after the end of the Great War and dealing with the effects on it on various characters, both survivors and families of dead soldiers. The storyline seems simple: Laurence Bartram who returned whole physically but crushed m......more